Symphytum orientale

Symphytum orientale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Boraginoideae
Tribus: Boragineae
Subtribus: Boragininae
Genus: Symphytum
Species: Symphytum orientale
Nothospecies: S. × perringianum

Name

Symphytum orientale L., Sp. Pl.: 136 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Symphytum jacquinianum Tausch, Flora 19: 392 (1836), in obs.
  • Symphytum violaceum Gaterau, Pl. Montauban 48 (1789), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Symphytum patens Fr., Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 2: 13 (1839).

Homonyms

• Symphytum orientale Pall., Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur.: 47 (1795). = Symphytum tauricum Willd.
• Symphytum orientale Pinard ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 10: 40 (1846). = Symphytum brachycalyx Boiss.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Turkey-in-Europe. Eastern Europe Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Pawlowski, B. 1972. Symphytum. Pp. 103-106 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. xxix + 370 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), ISBN 0-521-08489-X. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Wickens, G.E. 1978. Symphytum. Pp. 378- 386 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 6 (Campanulaceae to Scrophulariaceae). 825 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-336-7. Reference page. 
• Andreev, N., Ančev, M.E., Kožuharov, S.I., Markova, M.L., Peev, D.R. & Petrova, A.V. 1992. Opredelitel na visšite rastenija na Bălgarija [in Bulgarian]. 787 p. Nauka i izkustvo, Sofija. Reference page. 
• Musselman, L.J. 2011. Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 140 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Tarıkahya-Hacıoğlu, B. & Erik, S. 2011. Phylogeny of Symphytum L. (Boraginaceae) with special emphasis on Turkish species. African Journal of Biotechnology 10(69): 15483–15493. DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1094 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Symphytum orientale. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 January 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Symphytum orientale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 January 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Symphytum orientale. Published online. Accessed: 2 January 2021.

Vernacular names

English: white comfrey

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